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The E-PL9 is the latest in a long line of Olympus PEN cameras dating back to the film days. These compact cameras have earned their reputation for being fun and easy to use. My own Olympus PEN is the best mirrorless camera I have ever tried. It has all the manual features my bigger DSLR cameras have, but it's lightweight and super-discreet — perfect for when I want to travel light or take candid people portraits.

Olympus does it again

The E-PL9 is the latest in a long line of Olympus PEN cameras dating back to the film days. These compact cameras have earned their reputation for being fun and easy to use. My own Olympus PEN is the best mirrorless camera I have ever tried. It has all the manual features my bigger DSLR cameras have, but it's lightweight and super-discreet — perfect for when I want to travel light or take candid people portraits.

Now with 4K movie recording

This is the first Olympus PEN model to offer 4K video capabilities. The E-PL9 records 4K movies at a rate of up to 30 frames per second. Monitor Mode lets you connect an external display to the camera's HDMI output so you can monitor video recording on a larger screen.

Straightforward shooting

The E-PL9 has intuitive features that make it easier for anyone to use. You can focus and shoot with the shutter button or the touchscreen. The screen tilts upward so you can frame shots from lower angles, and also tilts up to 180 degrees downward so you can get a good selfie.

Capture things your phone camera can't

When it comes to photographing fast motion or dimly lit scenes, the E-PL9 leaves your phone in the dust. Its fast 121-point autofocus system locks onto your subject and tracks it throughout the image plane, so you can fire off a series of burst shots to capture any kind of action.

The E-PL9's three-axis image stabilization compensates for different kinds of camera movement to effectively reduce image blur. This feature also lets you get better shots in low light and minimizes camera shake in your videos.

A low-profile, go-anywhere lens

The included M. Zuiko 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 EZ lens is a mid-range pancake zoom that's perfect for everyday use. Great for landscapes and portraits, its short minimum focus distance makes it an excellent choice for close-ups too.

The lens's large maximum aperture gives you dreamy background blur to emphasize your subject. The lens's Movie & Stills Compatible (MSC) autofocus system and electronic zoom mechanism give you near silent control so you won't hear it working when you're shooting video with sound.

Share instantly and expand your control

Uploading photos is quick and easy with the E-PL9's built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. My Olympus PEN is the first camera I've ever had with Wi-Fi, and I love being able to control it with my phone through the Olympus Image Share app.

I've used the app's remote feature to take shots of animals and landscapes with the camera on a tripod or on the ground, and I've also used it for self-portraits and to include myself in group shots. It's so cool to be able to change settings, focus, and zoom right from my phone.

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Features

Olympus PEN: In 1959, Olympus introduced the PEN, a camera with the
photographic optics of an SLR (single-lens reflex) camera with the size and
simplicity of a point-and-shoot camera. The PEN was re-introduced in 2009 as the
fully digital E-P1 with interchangeable lenses and multimedia capabilities with
simple controls. The new PEN E-PL9 features a 3" Touch Screen monitor and fast 8.6 fps
sequential shooting. This kit includes the E-PL9 body, the M. Zuiko Digital
14-42mm lens, a 16 GB SDHC memory card, and a custom Olympus bag and matching
strap.

M.Zuiko Digital Lenses: The camera has a Micro Four Thirds
lens mount, and is compatible with Olympus M.Zuiko Digital lenses. The M.Zuiko
14-42mm F3.5-5.6 EZ lens is included with the camera.

Recording Media: You can
record still images and movies onto SD,
SDHC,
and SDXC memory cards including UHS-I compatible cards. Class 10 cards or
better are recommended for movie recording. UHS-I U3 cards should be used when
recording 4K or high speed movies.
Eye-Fi cards, with built-in wireless LAN functionality, are also
compatible. A Sandisk 16 GB UHS-I card is included.

Image Pickup Device: The PEN E-PL9 uses a 4/3" Live MOS sensor
(17.3mm x 13.0mm) with
approximately 17.2-million total pixels and 16.05-million effective pixels. The
Live MOS sensor is complimented by Olympus' TruePic VIII Image Processor for clear,
true-to-life images.

Dust Reduction System: The E-PL9's built-in Dust Reduction System helps
to eliminate unwanted spots on your images. When you turn on the camera, the
patented Supersonic Wave Filter silently vibrates, shaking off and collecting
dust particles that may accumulate on the sensor.

3" Tilting Touch LCD: You can use the camera's 3" Tilting
Touch LCD
monitor for framing your shots and viewing your digital pictures and videos. The
3:2 LCD has approximately 1,037,000 dots, and can tilt upward to 80° for
shooting from low angles and downward to 180° for overhead shots and
self-portraits. It also features an electrostatic capacitance touch screen, with
touch shutter release and many other touch controls. The monitor brightness is
adjustable from -7 to +7.

Image Recording Formats: The E-PL9 records digital still images in JPEG
format, as well as RAW uncompressed images. RAW images can be processed into
JPEG files in the camera or using downloadable
Olympus Viewer 3 software. You can record up to 30 seconds of audio with still
images in WAV format. Movies are recorded in MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 with 16-bit PCM
stereo audio at a 48 kHz sampling rate.

Still Image File Sizes: The PEN E-PL9 allows you to shoot still images in
3
sizes (Small, Middle, Large) with your choice of 4 compression modes: Super Fine (1/2.7 compression), Fine
(1/4), Normal (1/8), and Basic (1/12). RAW images can be recorded only in 4608 x
3456 resolution with lossless compression (approximately 1/1.5 compression).
The available image sizes for each aspect ratio are as follows:

4:3

16:9

3:2

1:1

3:4

Large

4608 x 3456

4608 x 2542

4608 x 3072

3456 x 3456

2592 x 3456

Middle

3200 x 2400

3200 x 1800

3216 x 2144

2400 x 2400

1824 x 2432

Small

1280 x 960

1280 x 720

1296 x 864

960 x 960

720 x 960

Movie Modes: Movies can be recorded in 4K, Full HD, and HD
in MOV format with MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 video at 60, 30, and 24 fps with stereo PCM
audio. The following recording modes are available:

4K:

Frame Size: 3840 x 2160

Frame Rate: 30p, 25p, 24p

Full HD:

Frame Size: 1920 x 1080

Frame Rate: 60p, 50p, 30p, 25p, 24p

Bit Rate (Compression Ratio): Super Fine, Fine,
Normal

HD:

Frame Size: 1280 x 720

Frame Rate: 60p, 50p, 30p, 25p, 24p

Bit Rate (Compression Ratio): Super Fine, Fine,
Normal

Bluetooth + Wi-Fi: The E-PL9 can connect to your smartphone
via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi. Using the Olympus Image Share (OI.Share) application you
can download images from the camera to a smartphone, or shoot remotely from the
smartphone. The Olympus Image Palette (OI.Palette) app can be used for further
image processing, while the Olympus Image Track (OI.Track) app is for adding GPS
tags to your images. The Olympus apps are compatible with Android devices
running 4.4 and up, and with Apple iPhone/iPad/iPod touch with iOS 9.0 and
later.

Image Stabilization: The E-PL9 utilizes 3-axis, mechanical (sensor shift-type) image
stabilization to automatically compensate for camera shake in low-light
situations or when using a telephoto lens. With image stabilization on, the
effect is equivalent to 3 EV steps (Olympus in-house measurements). You can choose from the following
stabilization modes:

Movie Shooting Modes: You can shoot movies in Standard
mode or 4K, as well as Clips, and High-speed. Available movie effects
include Art Fade, Old Film, Multi-echo, One-shot Echo, and Movie
Tele-converter.

Advanced Photo (AP): After rotating the mode dial to
AP, you can choose from these advanced settings: Live Composite, Live Time,
Multiple Exposure, HDR, Silent, Panorama, Keystone Compensation, AE
Bracketing, and Focus Bracketing.

Picture Modes (Processing Options): The camera lets you select image tones to
create unique image effects. For each picture mode, you can fine-adjust the
image parameters, such as contrast and sharpness. The Picture Modes include:

iEnhance: produces more impressive-looking pictures matched to
the scene mode

Vivid: produces vivid colors

Natural: produces natural colors

Muted: produces flat tones

Portrait: produces beautiful skin tones

Monochrome: produces black and white tones

Custom: lets you select one of the above modes, set the
parameters, and register the setting.

Focus Modes: The PEN E-PL9 uses automatic focusing and manual focusing. You
can select Single-AF (when shutter pressed halfway), Continuous-AF (always
focusing), or Manual (turning the focus ring). You can also fine-adjust the
focus manually by turning the focus ring after AF is performed in the S-AF mode
(S-AF+MF).
If you have a moving subject, you can use the AF Tracking feature (C-AF+TR). In this mode,
the camera will track and maintain focus on the subject while the shutter button
is held halfway.

Auto-Focus Target: The camera has 121 Contrast Detection Auto-Focus
points (11 vertical columns x 11 horizontal rows) for focusing
on the subject. In the All-Target AF mode, the camera automatically chooses from
the full set of 121
AF targets. In the Single-Target AF mode, you can manually select one AF target for
accurately focusing on the subject after composing the shot. In the 9 Target
mode, the camera automatically chooses from the targets in the selected
nine-target group.

ISO Settings: The sensitivity can be set automatically or manually.
You can set the default and upper limits for Auto ISO. The manual ISO
sensitivity ranges from Low (about ISO 100), and ISO 200 to 25600, with 1/3 EV
steps.

White Balance: Color reproduction depends upon light conditions. You
can choose from 4 options for setting the white balance:

Auto: For General Use, used for most light conditions

Preset: You can choose from the following presets:

5300K: for shooting outdoors on a clear day, for
sunset/sunrise, or fireworks

Sequential Shooting: In addition to shooting single frames, the
E-PL9
can also shoot multiple images for as long as the shutter button is pressed.
When Sequential H is selected, pictures are taken at up to about 8.6 frames per
second (fps). In Sequential L mode, images are taken at about 4.8 fps. Focus,
exposure, and white balance are fixed at the value for the first shot in each
series. When shooting RAW images, the maximum number of recordable pictures is
14 frames in Sequential L and 13 frames in Sequential H. There is no limit when
shooting JPEG photos.

Self-Timer: The Self-Timer lets you take pictures after a preset
amount of time. You can choose from 2 seconds or 12 seconds. Self-timer Custom
lets you set the number of frames to be shot (1-10), length of delay (1-30
seconds) and interval between shots (0.5, 1, 2, or 3 seconds).

Bulb/Time Shooting: The PEN E-PL9 can take extra long exposures with
Bulb and Time photography. When the camera is set to Bulb, the shutter remains open as long as
the shutter button stays pressed. When set to Time, the shutter opens when the
shutter release is pressed fully and closes when the shutter release is pressed
fully a second time. Use of a tripod and remote shutter release (through
OI.Share) are recommended
for Bulb and Time Photography.

Interval Shooting: You can take a series of photos over a
period of time. You can shoot 1 to 999 shots at intervals of 1 second to 24
hours. You can also delay the start of the interval timer up to 24 hours. You
can convert the series of pictures into a time-lapse movie.

Flash Modes: The E-PL9 has a built-in pop-up flash. You can select from
several flash modes: Auto, Fill in
flash, Red-eye reduction flash, Slow synchronization (1st curtain), Slow sync
(1st curtain) with Red-eye reduction, Slow synchronization (2nd
curtain), Manual, and
Flash off. You can also manually set the intensity of the flash between -3.0EV
to +3.0EV. With the included 14-42mm lens, the minimum flash distance at which
vignetting occurs is 1 meter (39"). The camera has a hot shoe for attaching an
optional external flash unit.

Multiple Exposures: The E-PL9 can overlay multiple frames and save the
result as a single image. You can overlay an image while taking a picture, or
overlay a recorded (RAW) image in playback mode.

Photo Playback: You can play back images one at a time, or in an index
display of 25. You can also display images recorded on the
memory card by date (calendar display). While in single image playback, the image can be magnified
to 2x, 3x, 5x, 7x, 10x, or 14x for a closer look.

Playback On TV: The PEN E-PL9 allows you to play back your still images or
movies on a TV. The camera has a Micro HDMI (Type D) connector for playback on an HDTV
with an optional Micro HDMI-to-HDMI cable. You can set the HDMI output resolution to
4K, 1080p,
720p, or 480p (576p for PAL).

HDMI Control: When HDMI Control is set to "On", the camera
can be operated by a TV remote control when it is connected to the TV via HDMI.
The TV must support HDMI control. During single-frame playback, you can display
or hide the information display and the index display.

PictBridge Printing
Capability: Using the supplied USB
cable, you can connect this camera directly to a PictBridge compliant printer, regardless of
brand.

Power Options: The E-PL9 is powered by the supplied BLS-50 Lithium-Ion
rechargeable battery (7.2 volts, 1210mAh, 8.5Wh). The battery charges in approximately 3
hours 30 minutes in the supplied BCS-5 battery charger. The BLS-50 battery is
good for approximately 350 shots or 80 minutes of video on a single charge.

Lens Features

Lens Overview: This PEN E-PL9 includes the M.Zuiko Digital
14-42mm f3.5-5.6 EZ wide angle 3x zoom lens. The lens is equipped with a Micro Four Thirds mount.
Designed for shooting movies, the lens features MSC (Movie & Still Compatible) technology, which gives you
virtually silent auto focusing, even during zooming. The lens
features the following specifications:

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